Union Pacific threatens to sue painters, model railroaders over TM
The Union Pacific Railroad has gone trademark crazy. They're threatening to sue anyone who puts a Union Pacific logo on a model railroad, photographers who take pictures of Union Pacific trains, and even painters who paint pictures of Union Pacific trains. Model railroaders, photographers, and painters are freaking out, natch.
Link to Trains.com thread, Union Pacific licensing program
(Thanks, Robin!)
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